Thymic hyperplasia as a source of ectopic ACTH production

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 487-492

  Ohta, Kazuki ^a   Shichiri, Masayoshi ^a   Kameya, Tohru ^c   Matsubara, Osamu ^b   Imai, Taihei ^a   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a   Hirata, Yukio ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic ACTH syndrome; In situ hybridization; Northern blot; Thymic hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN[1-39]; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

EID: 0033831701     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.487     Document Type: Article

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